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Sunday, September 19, 2010

As I have promised, a DIY tutorial! This is actually quite a simple project. It’s kind of a French-chic and Agyness Deyn inspired scarf. I know Agyness Deyn styled her scarf from a bandana. But I have never seen such lovely red bandana selling anywhere, and I have some nautical clothing pieces that I want to jazz up… and so, I decided to make my own instead!

It is actually slightly longer than I intended it to be. It measures 28 by 1.2 inches. But I think the width of 1.2” is just right! Ok and just for reference my neck measures 12.5 inches in circumference, in case you are thinking of either shortening or lengthening this scarf. (This actually feels weird)

I took these pictures on the train when I was out with my friend yesterday

Now let’s move on to the details.

Materials:

Fabric/Fat quarter (if you are thinking of a nautical themed scarf as well, choose navy, white, red or red pinstripes like I did!)
Sewing needle and thread
A truckload of patience (for people who do not have a sewing machine for this)

Steps:

1. Cut 4 strips of fabric, each measuring about 28.2 by 1.4 inches. I simply added around 0.2 inches for seam allowance to the intended final measurement of the scarf. You should increase or decrease the seam allowance for your own comfort! Cut the strips in the way that the stripes become vertical, just like in the picture!

2. Pin 2 of the strips together, with RIGHT side facing each other. Pin the other 2 strips with RIGHT side facing each other as well. Now pin the 2 pairs together. Trim the one end into a fairly tapered point (or a sharp point if you want a sharp end to your scarf).

3. Now separate the 2 pairs of fabric strips, with the RIGHT sides of each pair still pinned together. So each pair has 2 strips right? Let’s call the strips on top/the one facing you A1 and A2. The strips under A1 and A2 are B1 and B2 respectively, as shown in the picture!

4. Join the flat ends of A1 and A2 together, RIGHT sides facing each other. Sew a straight stitch from top to bottom according to the seam allowance and then iron the seams open. Do the same for B1 and B2! Your open seam will look something like the one in the picture.

5. Now sew all around the edge according to the seam allowance, leaving around an inch for turning the scarf inside out.

6. Turn the scarf inside out and sew the remaining opening close.

And you’re done!

This scarf was made before I got my sewing machine. So that means that I actually stitched every single stitch by hand. EVERY. SINGLE. STITCH. A truckload of patience for that, as I have said.